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"Koji Kondo (born 1960) was just your average Japanese composer when he stumbled into a gig at a playing card company called Nintendo in 1984."
Come on, you know the Mario theme inside and out. Find out about the man who scored all of the Mario games at the Mental Floss blog!*
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Come on, you know the Mario theme inside and out. Find out about the man who scored all of the Mario games at the Mental Floss blog!*
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Richard Carpenter, at 62 years old, is planning a comeback tour in Japan. The Carpenters enjoy a huge fan base in Japan (yes, really!), so Karen's brother is going to release two albums plus a solo Christmas album before coming to entertain us in 2010. Will you be at his concert?
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With some helpful advice from Nick at JapanSoc I have decided to relaunch JPopJapan.com as a social bookmarking site. Come and join the community and share your JMusic news!
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audio safari is a Japanese ambient/electronic pop band, they were formed in Kyoto in 2003.
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To qualify for this TopChart, the PV must have at least one animated scene and the animation must be original (not from an anime, game etc.).
Note that I based this list solely on how well I thought the animation was.
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I think - hope - this is a spoof! Check out the related videos - that boy can dance!
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As part of their educational programming, NHK are playing a new song by Angela Aki. It's targeted at junior high school students, encouraging them not to feel down or top themselves like many did a couple of years ago. It's a beautiful song, but will it work on Japan's youth?
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Weezer played before 9,000 fans at Yoyogi Gymnasium. The set list was only so-so and everyone had to have a seat. Still, Weezer managed to rock on a few songs.
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Site français sur la musique japonaise - French Site about japanese music
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I wanted somewhere to discuss good Japanese music. I googled and found a few sites but they were either old and unused or unfriendly and inaccessible. So I decided to start my own site. Come and join in the discussion :)
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More than 5,000 tents dot a golf course at Naeba in Niigata for visitors to Fuji Rock Festival 2008 which is being held this weekend.
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Asian Kung-Fu Generation (アジアン・カンフー・ジェネレーション), or “Ajikan” (アジカン) for short, were the first Japanese rock band I came across in my search for Japanese music...
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To celebrate the start of summer, here’s the top16 PVs about summer! ENJOY!!!(^_^)
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Weezer's new video for the song Pork and Beans features a reference to MiniMoni (subgroup of Morning Musume / members of the Hello! Project) and the dramatic prairie dog, a meme made popular all over thanks to YouTube. It also features a ton of other YouTube stars. Check it out.
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Good point. I used to love living on Yen and watching the dollar drop in value....So, um, how does one find his/her rooms.
And do they come gaijin-size?...That's not very surprising to me. Almost comparable with American society.
This is one of the best...That's precisely what I thought myself, but given that the powers-that-be have zero...This isn't your typical boarding school, though. It's where they send the worst...I'm guessing he only passed the million dollar barrier because the dollar is so...Labor Day. Nov. 24 was Labor Day....What's this? Eating Yakinikku, drinking Asahi Super Dry, and living day to day on...
And do they come gaijin-size?...That's not very surprising to me. Almost comparable with American society.
This is one of the best...That's precisely what I thought myself, but given that the powers-that-be have zero...This isn't your typical boarding school, though. It's where they send the worst...I'm guessing he only passed the million dollar barrier because the dollar is so...Labor Day. Nov. 24 was Labor Day....What's this? Eating Yakinikku, drinking Asahi Super Dry, and living day to day on...